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On Saturday, a wedge tornado about 500-feet wide touched down in Cuervo, and another twister hit the ground about 15 miles north of Roswell.

At about 6:30 p.m., another tornado touched down for about one minute near Corona. The touchdown was about 2 miles west of Highway 54. There are no reports of injuries or damage in Torrance or Lincoln counties.

Between Friday and Saturday, nine tornado touchdowns were reported.

A tornado warning means a tornado has been spotted by spotters or radar is depicting wind activity that may produce a tornado.

A tornado watch is in effect until Saturday at midnight in several eastern New Mexico counties. Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Mora, Quay, Roosevelt, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Torrance and Union counties are involved in the watch.

A tornado watch means conditions are favorable for severe storms that could produce tornadoes.

If a tornado threatens, residents in the areas previously listed should get to an interior room on the lowest level of their homes without windows, preferably the basement. Until the threat is over, those residents are advised to cover themselves with pillows and blankets.

There were also strong winds and dust blowing through the Albuquerque metropolitan area Saturday.

There were 12 warnings and four touchdowns in New Mexico Friday evening. Clovis police said one of them touched down about 5 miles west of the Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. One of Saturday's twisters also touched down near Clovis.

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